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nathanKent
10-06-2007, 09:26 AM
I'll be gone for the first 1.5-2 hours of the game, but I'll get it started. Livian Hernandez Has a 1.60 WHIP and a 4.93 ERA this season, and opponents are batting .371 against him. There's no reason we shouldn't tear this guy apart. Go Cubs!
rockin500
10-06-2007, 11:30 AM
i'll be at the game today. hopefully i'll bring them some luck. :cool:
nightotter
10-06-2007, 01:52 PM
Have a good time rockin. Go Cubs!
nathanKent
10-06-2007, 04:49 PM
Anybody who was watching this care to comment on how bad Hill looked? I didn't see it.
BoofBonser26
10-06-2007, 05:04 PM
Yikes. Bases loaded, 3-1 count, 1 out, and the Cubs batter swings at ball 4 and grounds into a double play.

I'm rooting for ya', Cubbies. I have family in Chicago who are season ticket holders. Hope you can come back, starting tonight.
Scartissue
10-06-2007, 05:08 PM
Anybody who was watching this care to comment on how bad Hill looked? I didn't see it.

Fastballs caught fat part of plate, curve didn't have usual big break. Just didn't look good.
nathanKent
10-06-2007, 05:18 PM
Fastballs caught fat part of plate, curve didn't have usual big break. Just didn't look good.

No good.

Also....these commercials....as if there weren't enough reasons already to cold cock Dane Cook....
nathanKent
10-06-2007, 05:21 PM
Yikes. Bases loaded, 3-1 count, 1 out, and the Cubs batter swings at ball 4 and grounds into a double play.

I'm rooting for ya', Cubbies. I have family in Chicago who are season ticket holders. Hope you can come back, starting tonight.

Yeah, I don't get it. Only one out, and the guy is throwing nothing but balls. Don't swing. Singles hitters shouldn't swing in that situation. Ever. I love DeRosa, but that was dumb.

I'm pulling for the Indians for the rest of the postseason. Sabathia and Carmona are great, and I still love Kenny Lofton and Joe Borowski.
MudvilleMike
10-06-2007, 05:59 PM
I feel bad for the Cubs fans...sorry guys. MLB and TBS are also bumming, I'm sure.
nathanKent
10-06-2007, 06:06 PM
Three more outs to go.
nightotter
10-06-2007, 06:17 PM
the very definition of choke. i was under the delusional impression that we would be competitive today, instead we found a way to out-lose the first two games. better days...
Shawon-o-Meter
10-06-2007, 06:30 PM
and depression sets in...
NYMets523
10-06-2007, 06:39 PM
Sorry Cubs fans. I was pulling for them, too.
BoofBonser26
10-06-2007, 06:50 PM
From my perspective, it was a fun season, Cubs. I hope it was for you too. :baseball:
rockin500
10-06-2007, 08:44 PM
Fastballs caught fat part of plate, curve didn't have usual big break. Just didn't look good.
he didnt look good. but then again, neither did hernandez for the most part. the difference being 4 DP's
rockin500
10-06-2007, 08:44 PM
I feel bad for the Cubs fans...sorry guys. MLB and TBS are also bumming, I'm sure.
they'll really be bumming if the rox pull off the sweep themselves
Scartissue
10-07-2007, 04:58 AM
Anybody who was watching this care to comment on how bad Hill looked? I didn't see it.

Also, if you ever want to see pitch by pitch speed, location, break, MLB has an awsome site. Go to

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/wrap.jsp?ymd=20071006&content_id=2253888&vkey=wrapup2005&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

Click on the link "Gameday", which is at the where the box scores begin (box scores begin in the bottom half of the page). When you click on Gameday, a screen will pop up with a graphic of a batter. Look to the left, and you will see the innings numbered. Click on the first inning, and you will see below the innings numbers a batter by batter summary. Click on each batter, and you will see all the pitches thrown to that batter in the graphic. Move your mouse cursor over the pitch in the graphic, and detailed information about that pitch, such as speed from release and speed at the plate, will pop up.
Scartissue
10-07-2007, 04:59 AM
he didnt look good. but then again, neither did hernandez for the most part. the difference being 4 DP's

That was piss poor hitting that scored only 1 run, and not Hernandez.
rockin500
10-07-2007, 05:04 AM
That was piss poor hitting that scored only 1 run, and not Hernandez.
hernandez was on the ropes plenty of times yesterday, but as you said, piss poor hitting let him off the hook
nathanKent
10-07-2007, 10:49 AM
Also, if you ever want to see pitch by pitch speed, location, break, MLB has an awsome site. Go to

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/wrap.jsp?ymd=20071006&content_id=2253888&vkey=wrapup2005&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

Click on the link "Gameday", which is at the where the box scores begin (box scores begin in the bottom half of the page). When you click on Gameday, a screen will pop up with a graphic of a batter. Look to the left, and you will see the innings numbered. Click on the first inning, and you will see below the innings numbers a batter by batter summary. Click on each batter, and you will see all the pitches thrown to that batter in the graphic. Move your mouse cursor over the pitch in the graphic, and detailed information about that pitch, such as speed from release and speed at the plate, will pop up.

Yeah, I know about Gameday. I use it to watch the CSN and WCIU games, but it's a bear to get it to run at a reasonable speed to go back and track pitch location afterwards.

This is all the result of poor plate discipline. We don't have a lack of capability on offense. It's guys not knowing how to draw walks, not knowing when to draw walks, swinging on bad pitches, not swinging at good pitches, etc. This is how one of the guys described it on my football forum: